International. Consulting firm Coughlin Associates released its eighth annual Report on Digital Media Storage, offering an analysis of the role of digital storage in all aspects of professional and entertainment media.
The document estimates that by the end of 2012 about 43% of the total media storage capacity sent to all segments of digital entertainment content will be on digital tape, 41% hard drives, 16% on optical discs and flash 0.2%. By 2017 tape will be reduced to 38%, hard drives will rise to 59%, optical discs 3% and flash memory 0.3%.
The 166-page report contains some projections to 2017 on the demand for digital storage for content capture, post-production, distribution and archiving. It is expected that for that year it will increase 5.6 times the capacity used in the broadcast industry, going from 22,425 PB to 87,152 PB.
It also addresses issues such as the development of high-definition television and other high-resolution locations at home and on mobile devices, which will drive demand for digital content. It explains why silver halide film as a means of content distribution will fade before the end of the decade.
He also talks about the capture activity to create and display 8K and 4K content devices, which is happening with the expected execution in common media systems in the next decade.
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